The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-11-04
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..esrepoe to she oflleial report q
y Lay. snoeJtpgg of the stale Central
p.g ,stae published In another
,aa af thie isslfo@it will be seen
~. o.' tbe object Of Inc reformers is not
s.,m rn It is one thing to swarm an
tbo Stale, denepneing corruption
" spoile-soekfng aud machine
w li,i,s but quits another to put these
y Va and noble sentiments into pnae-
lI.s u oDerptfon. Standing on e plat
y m come distant parish with his
n hair floating down the wind, The
ssndIts Of e leryeutmultitnde troubling
sir and the fragrance Of the bar
..no inviting aoelaptation, the reform
~, Va lpds ii easy enough 10 pledge
s,.,ssft TO The lcftiast and most up
s,ioU sentiment. aaI'neked awag III
In rot,gat Of an executive committee,
M busfness is to be transacted and
.sore no theatrical effects are possible,
IN 4emptation to strike attituaes is
agtbing but potent, and the true in
E,fdpegg Of men and measures is easy
Identification,
qboughtful Democrats will be ct no
80 yepd the meaning Of the posi-
Il assumed by the rsfarmers o. the
..s,siop Of the meeting Of the State
s.otrsl Committee. From the very
atast Of the camaa3gn The reformers
sge ipdusyriousIy set DIP the plea that
M are lro especial friends and adj
esgteg Of Mr. Cleveland and have
glabt to establish the inference that
il opposIl.ou to them Is inspired by
osBlby to the President. The effort
y boon distinctly made TO draw the
0ebstwrru them as administration
i and the stalwui5 Democracy or
Observation-Disclosures. They have
sorupIcJ in tAaif anxiety to illus
stB this fll5e and lpreposberous dit
senlia.io. To vi9late the Presidents
gIl scryp. reform order of last year
enll-ang ia their cause the
iora o1jtnIs whom the President
oinod Ito abstaia ftem partisan
RHgIty lnus they haze practically
tthemsrIres in contempt while mas
aeradiug le the chosen and anointed
fender Of the administration, sl-
oagb it r,mains true that the salient
asure-tu" one most foreibiy i'm
used upon the public n1iRd---is the
atonse oG Gsp Nichols and his
binds tlpal they, and they alone, repre-
BIT tho cause of Mr.. Cleveland in
paistaua and that their opponents are
nsoe85'ty The enemies ~ that cause,
Notwithstanding al this, however,
b reoord shows that when the re-
gmeE5 Wore called upon 10 testify
aiF sjnoerity they failed In most uu-
stakabIe fashion. Surely 1t was o
climate parry proposition that those
ssrtere aud renegades who. in 1894,
lspirod to defeat tho hope Of Demo-
tie restoration should be denied the
sht TO participates in Democratic
lnoIl now. Certainly At cannot be
OassfulIy maintained that men who
ed with Blaine end Logan three
aEs ago and who atroye to ralogate
usiaau to negro rule BY voting for o
publican Governor at the satnetimo,
entitled to ereeeiyodinto full Dem
stC communion to-day. The stall
Irving Of the parbythose who are
Fooatiux the election Of MeEneFy in
POSITION ito q spurious reform
prod the resolution TO exclude the
tsrs Of 1884 from participation in
primaries; vet the reformers--
10 impudsnG claimants TO o mOnop-
Of administration sympathy and
pr-opposed tho resolution and
gatit with every energy.
be question iswhsther they can
IAer dolude de public with their
pspNEont aftrontsr Claiming h
ths only friends 81 lMr. Cleveland 10
lisLana they haze violated his ex-
IL aad emphatie order. Claiming
nake sPeoiaIESpt devotion to his
Illustration aud discriminate be-
en themselves aad ether Democrats
hat standard, they 4eye refused ~
nati4e the boil that thraateaed his
BAT and have coIg ittsd their Gae-
to the Championships the boilers.
p che iuteligapE and patriotic
Prs ponder these significant faots
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